This Is The County In The Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro Area With The Least COVID-19

Detroit MI

30 September, 2021

1:40 PM

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By Samuel Stebbins, 24/7 Wall St. Detroit 2021-09-29 With the ongoing surge of the delta variant, COVID-19 continues to spread through the United States. To date, 42,434,301 Americans have been infected with the virus — and 679,273 have died as a result. On a per capita basis, the U.S. has one of the highest known infections rates in the world. In the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metropolitan area, located in Michigan, a total of 476,947 COVID-19 cases have been reported to date. Adjusted for population, there have been 11,048 reported infections for every 100,000 people in the area — below the national rate of 12,970 cases per 100,000 people. The lower than average per capita COVID-19 infection rate across Detroit-Warren-Dearborn is being driven by one area in particular. The broader Detroit metro area comprises six counties or county equivalents — and of them, Wayne County in Michigan has the fewest COVID-19 cases per capita. So far, there have been a total of 183,460 infections in Wayne County, or 10,416 for every 100,000 people. Though Wayne County has the lowest per capita infection rate in the Detroit metro area, its per capita fatality rate is disproportionately high. There have been a total of 305 coronavirus-related deaths for every 100,000 people in Wayne County, above the 265 COVID-19 deaths per 100,000 across the entire Detroit-Warren-Dearborn metro area. All COVID-19 data used in this story are current as of Sept. 27, 2021. These are all the counties in Michigan where COVID-19 is slowing (and where it's still getting worse). Can't see the article's infographic? Click here to view the original story.This story was originally published by 24/7 Wall St., a news organization that produces real-time business commentary and data-driven reporting for state and local markets across the country.